OAK MOUNTAIN WIND ENSEMBLE
The Oak Mountain Wind Ensemble is made up of fifty-nine ninth through twelfth grade students at Oak Mountain High School. Membership in the band is determined by individual audition. Since the school’s inception, the ensemble has continued to push the boundaries of high school musicianship by performing literature in the advanced realm of the wind band repertoire. Students in this ensemble regularly pursue roles in the Alabama All-State Bands and Orchestras. From 1999 to 2012, the ensemble was under the direction of Jim Duren. Now, under the direction of Kevin Ownby, the OMHS Wind Ensemble has continued a tradition of excellence by never receiving a score less than superior at any adjudicated competition or assessment. Recent
accomplishments include, performing at the 2014 CBDNA Southern Division Conference in Jacksonville Florida, 2014 GNAI Honor Band Recipient, and a 2015 performance in New York’s Carnegie Hall.
Kevin Ownby is the Director of Bands and Percussion Specialist at Oak Mountain High School. Prior to becoming Director of Bands in 2012, he was the Associate Director of Bands and Percussion Specialist for 8 years. His responsibilities as Director of Bands include design and instruction of the marching band show, as well as conducting the Wind Ensemble, Jazz A, and Percussion Ensembles and assisting with the Symphonic and Concert Bands. All of these groups have consistently received superior ratings at various contests and festivals. In the fall of 2007, the Percussion Ensemble performed a showcase concert at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention. In 2014 the Wind Ensemble was selected to perform at the CBDNA Southern Division Conference in Jacksonville Florida. They were also selected as the Honor Group from the Grand National Invitational Band Festival. In the Fall of 2014 the Percussion Ensemble won 1st place at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention Concert Chamber Percussion Ensemble Competition. In the spring of 2015, the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band were selected and performed in Carnegie Hall. Mr. Ownby is a graduate of Austin High School in Decatur, AL. He graduated from Samford University with a Bachelors degree in Music Education and from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a Masters degree in Percussion Performance. Mr. Ownby is a member of the ABA, NAfME, NBA, and the Percussive Arts Society. He has also served as Principal Timpanist for the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra and Percussionist for Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Ownby began his mentorship under Jim Duren, founding director of Oak Mountain High School Bands, in 1997 when he provided percussion instruction for the Pelham High School Marching Band. He is blessed to have Mr. Duren in his life as a mentor and close friend. Mr. Ownby and his wife Laura met in middle school band. They have four daughters: Kayla Ellen, twins Leigha Claire and Kara Elise, and Livia Beckett. They are active members of Hunter Street Baptist Church and feel as though God has called their family to the mission and ministry of education.
Friday, 7:00 PM MPAC
Concert Program
In Storm and Sunshine....................... John Clifford Heed, Ed. Frederick
Fennell...................Ludwig Masters Publications American Salute
......................................Morton Gould, Trans. Philip J. Lang............................................................ Alfred Beyond ..................................................................Wataru
Hokoyama............................................................Ludwig Masters Hymn to a Blue
Hour.................................................John Mackey................................................................Osti Music, Inc. Symphony #3 “Slavyanskaya”
.............Boris Kozhevnikov / ed. John R. Bourgeois........................................Wingert-Jones
Prelude and Fantasy......................................................Rick DeJonge......................................................Dream Notes Music with Boston Brass
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